Fraport Traffic Figures 2015: Frankfurt Airport Reaches New Peak Passenger Level / FRA Posts Lower Cargo Volumes in 2015 - Group Airports Grow at Differing Rates

Frankfurt (ots) -

- Cross-reference: Document is available at
http://www.presseportal.de/pm/31522/fraport-ag?keygroup=dokument

FRA/rap - For the first time in the history of Frankfurt Airport
(FRA), passenger traffic exceeded the 60 million figure within a
calendar year. During 2015, a total of 61,040,613 passengers used
Germany's largest air transportation hub - representing a 2.5 percent
jump year-on-year. This increase would have been even greater without
the impact of strikes by Lufthansa pilots and cabin crews. Adjusting
for all extraordinary fight cancellations (including weather-related
cancellations), passenger numbers would even have risen by 3.8
percent.

Frankfurt Airport also achieved new daily peak records during
2015. On August 2, the number of passengers using FRA on a single
day hit an all-time high of 217,500. Because of overlapping summer
holidays last year in many of Germany's most populous states, the
200,000 passenger mark per day was exceeded 63 times - more
frequently than ever before.

FRA's cargo (airfreight and airmail) volume declined by 2.3
percent to about 2.1 million metric tons in 2015 - attributable
mainly to weakening global trade and economic difficulties in some
emerging markets. In contrast, accumulated maximum takeoff weights
(MTOWs) climbed by two percent to almost 30 million metric tons in
2015 - also a new record figure. With 468,153 takeoffs and landings,
aircraft movements reached a similar level as in the previous year
(down 0.2 percent). This reflects the ongoing consolidation
activities of airlines, particularly the deployment of larger
aircraft types as well as the increase in the number of seats offered
per aircraft movement. Without weather and strike-related flight
cancellations, the number of takeoffs and landings would have climbed
by one percent.

Fraport AG's executive board chairman Dr. Stefan Schulte said: "We
are pleased that so many travelers have placed their trust in us and
that we could welcome more than 61 million passengers at Frankfurt
Airport last year. This passenger growth is in line with our
expectations. In 2015, we had the groundbreaking for our new Terminal
3 - an important step in building the foundation for Frankfurt
Airport's long-term competitiveness."

In the last month of 2015, Frankfurt Airport received nearly 4.1
million passengers (up 2.1 percent). Accumulated MTOWs rose by 4.4
percent to about 2.2 million metric tons. Aircraft movements
increased noticeably by 3 percent to almost 34,000 takeoffs and
landings in December 2015. However, this growth was
disproportionately high due to strike and weather-related flight
cancellations in December 2014. Excluding this base-year effect,
aircraft movements would have declined by 0.7 percent. Cargo
throughput during the reporting month dropped by 0.5 percent to
175,296 metric tons year-on-year.

Airports in the Fraport Group's international portfolio registered
differing traffic results for the year 2015. Slovenia's Ljubljana
Airport (LJU), the newest member in the Group, registered a strong
double-digit gain of 10.0 percent to about 1.4 million passengers.
In Peru's capital city, some 17.1 million passengers traveled via
Lima Airport (LIM) - a rise of 9.2 percent year-on-year. On the
Bulgarian Black Sea coast, Fraport Twin Star's airports in Varna
(VAR) and Burgas (BOJ), combined, served about 3.8 million
passengers, 4.1 percent less than in 2014. Turkey's Antalya Airport
(AYT) registered about 27.5 million passengers (down 1.6 percent),
while St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport (LED) in Russia welcomed
nearly 13.5 million passengers (down 5.4 percent). At Hanover Airport
(HAJ) in northern Germany, passenger figures advanced by 3.0 percent
to 5.5 million passengers. Xi'an Airport (XIY) in central China saw
traffic climb by 13.0 percent to almost 33 million passengers in
2015.

Regarding the Fraport Group's strategic worldwide orientation,
Schulte stated: "The decline in passenger traffic at our Group
airports in St. Petersburg, Varna and Burgas, as well as Antalya, is
the result of the weak Russian currency and economy. In contrast, the
strong traffic growth recorded at Ljubljana, Lima and Xi'an airports
demonstrates the importance and validity of having wide geographic
distribution within our portfolio."

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Fraport AG - which ranks among the world's leading companies in
the global airport business - offers a full range of integrated
airport management services and boasts subsidiaries and investments
on four continents. In 2014, the Fraport Group generated sales of
EUR2.4 billion and profit of about EUR252 million. In 2015, nearly
111 million passengers used airports in which Fraport has a majority
stake of more than 50 percent.

At its Frankfurt Airport (FRA) home base, Fraport welcomed more
than 61 million passengers and handled some 2.1 million metric tons
of cargo (airfreight and airmail) in 2015. For the current winter
timetable, FRA is served by 88 passenger airlines flying to 247
destinations in 100 countries worldwide. More than half (130) of
FRA's destinations are intercontinental (beyond Europe) -
underscoring Frankfurt's role as a leading hub in the global air
transportation system. In Europe, Frankfurt Airport ranks first in
terms of cargo tonnage and is the third-busiest for passenger
traffic.

Frankfurt Airport City has become Germany's largest job complex at
a single location, employing more than 80,000 people at some 500
companies and organizations on site. Almost half of Germany's
population lives within a 200-kilometer radius of the FRA intermodal
travel hub - the largest airport catchment area in Europe. FRA
Airport City also serves as a magnet for other companies located
throughout the economically vital Frankfurt/Rhine-Main-Neckar region.
Thanks to synergies associated with the region's dynamic industries,
networked expertise, and outstanding intermodal transportation
infrastructure, FRA's world route network enables Hesse's and
Germany's export-oriented businesses to flourish in global growth
markets. Likewise, FRA is a strategic gateway for companies wanting
to access the huge European marketplace. Thus, Frankfurt Airport -
which is strategically located in the heart of Europe - is one of the
most important hubs in the global logistics chain.

Contact:
Fraport AG
Robert A. Payne
International Spokesman
Press Office, Corp.Communications
60547 Frankfurt, Germany
Telephone: +49 69 690-78547
E-mail: r.payne@fraport.de
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